Consonant blends may consist of two or three
letters whose sounds are blended together. Each
letter within the blend is pronounced individually,
but quickly, so they blend together.

bl-

cl-

fl-

black

claim

flag

blame

class

flame

blanket

clay

flat

blast

clean

float

blaze

climb

flood

blind

clock

floor

block

close

flower

blood

clothes

fly

gl-

pl-

sl-

glad

place

slam

glasses

plan

slap

glider

plant

sleep

glitter

play

sleeve

glitzy

plaza

slice

globe

please

slip

gloves

plenty

slither

glue

plus

slow

br-

cr-

dr-

brain

crab

drastic

branch

cracker

draw

brave

crazy

dream

bridge

cricket

dress

bring

cripple

dribble

brother

crisp

drink

brown

crutch

drop

brush

cry

dry

fr-

gr-

pr-

frantic

grade

practice

freezer

graduate

prevent

frequent

grandpa

pride

fresh

grass

private

friend

great

promise

frighten

grocery

protect

from

ground

prove

frozen

grow

prune

tr-

sc-

sk-

trade

scab

skate

traffic

scale

skeleton

travel

school

ski

treat

score

skill

tree

scrap

skin

true

scratch

skinny

trust

scream

skip

try

scribble

sky

Student: Circle the words you can read without
assistance.
Illustrate and label one or more of the words
you circled. Use the space on the back of your
paper for your illustration.

sm-

sn-

sp-

small

snack

space

smart

snail

spank

smash

snake

speak

smear

snap

special

smell

sneak

spend

smile

snore

spirit

smog

snow

sport

smooth

snug

spot

st-

sw-

tw-

stage

swallow

twelve

stand

swan

twenty

star

sweat

twice

step

sweet

twilight

stone

swim

twin

stop

swing

twinkle

strong

switch

twist

study

swollen

twitch

Student: Circle the words you can read without
the help of an assistant.

The black cricket scraped his legs together
in the twilight.

The sturdy crutch
lay frozen in the snow.

The frightened snake slithered
across the flat
floor.

Stella was not pleased
when a drink spilled
on her dress.

A small blossom fell from
the tree and
floated down.

The swan climbed ashore to protect her grounds.

Dark glasses protected the skier from the
sun's glare.

We dress in clean clothes frequently to speak
on stage.

The flame blazed brightly on the stone plaza.

Create two sentences and include one or more
words that begin with any of these blends: bl–,
cl–, fl–, gl–, pl–, sl–, br–, cr–, dr–, fr–,
gr–, pr–, tr–, sc–, sk–, sm–, sn–, sp–, st–,
sw–, tw–. Remember all sentences begin with
a capital letter and end with
a period (.), question mark
(?), or exclamation point (!).
Do not mix upper and lowercase letters.

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Please illustrate your favorite sentence in
the space below or on back of your paper.